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8 Research skills = key to success  Get good resources to support your lab & class work  Save valuable time getting assignments done  Develop skills for lifelong learning & career development

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What is a scholarly article? How do I recognize one? Scholarly articles  Authoritative, well researched & documented (in-text citations, footnotes or endnotes).  Most are peer reviewed = highest research quality General articles  are not documented 9

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1010 “Peer reviewed” articles  Highest standard  “Refereed” ; that is, a committee of scholars must approve quality before the editor publishes  Many are published by university presses Most databases allow you to limit to peer reviewed 10

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11 Primary research Primary (adjective) (defined in the Oxford English Dictionary Online) “Not subordinate to or derived from anything else…the source or cause of something; fundamental; original… In the context of academic research or writing: designating source material contemporary with the period or thing studied; designating an original document, source, or text rather than one of criticism, discussion, or summary.” 11